Petroleum Varsity Calls for Implementation of Establishing Act

Kuni Tyessi

The Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State has called for the implementation of the act establishing the institution after its passage by President Muhammadu Buhari.

This is also in appreciation to the National Universities Commission (NUC) for approving the commencement of postgraduate studies in natural sciences and in some aspects of engineering, though some courses, with reference to information technology still suffered some setbacks as a result of procrastination regarding their approval by the regulatory agency.

The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Board of the institution, Professor Shehu Zuru, who made this known in Abuja, revealed that despite the feats so far, the non-implementation of the act has continued to slow the pace of development within the university environment.

While stating that the number of students which is only over 4,000 is inconsequential in the face of the internally generated revenue which already the institution has keyed into, he said the non-implementation of the act is still a serious hitch and should be considered.

Zuru said the institution which has qualified academic personnel, operates strictly under the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) ethics and has students, mostly from the south-south applying for admission, even though accommodation and other infrastructural inadequacies have continued to plague the ivory tower.